Chris_W
(Colchester)
Monday 20 Feb 2017, 9:30pm
Afterthought are searching for a lead guitarist to take their sound to the next level.
Successful applicant will:
*Be able to play melodies or emphasise chords during vocal sections without fighting the vocalist for the listener's attention
*Be able to cope with complex song structures and shifting time signatures
*Be able to play "musical" solos that match the feel of a song in terms of the emotion to be conveyed
*Be able to play lead lines and/or solos over riffs as well as chord progressions
*Have own transport or be able to travel for studio rehearsals and out-of-the-studio get-togethers for writing
*Be able to practice with the rest of the group every couple of weeks (more leading up to gigs if necessary)
*Know when it is best to play something simple, or nothing at all
There is plenty of scope within our songs for a lead guitarist to display their full range of skills with some songs being slow and almost acoustic, to songs with lots of overdrive and lots of double bass pedal from the drums.
The aim is to finish an EP we're currently working on, look at our old material and bring that up to scratch with the new stuff, get some summer gigs, and look to write new material and distribute that and see how far we can go. If we get small, local gigs, so be it. If we get some recognition from magazines/blogs and get gigs further afield, all the better.
Here are 2 videos to highlight what we're looking for:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz-MHMJREcJrMVVwOUhVOFRKLWs
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz-MHMJREcJrSnRHZUN2djNrTk0
Our old material can be found at www.facebook.com/afterthoughtbanduk/videos but they are with an old lineup. We now have a pianist/keyboardist in place and we are currently looking for a new vocalist.
2 covers we would like to incorporate into our sets are Blackest Eyes by Porcupine Tree and Mask Machine by Flying Colors. Those would give another good indication of the direction of our sound.
I hope that's enough information...